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Changing Double Dimmer to a standard double switch

  • 12-04-2015 1:13pm
    #1
    laraido
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭


    Decided to change from dimmers and got a double switch. I'm nearly 100% certain I've placed the wires like for like (2 brown going to each L1 and 2 brown going to each COMS + the COMS are linked with a short brown wire.

    Now one of the switches won't work unless the second switch is on AND [to add to the confusion] the sitting room (single dimmer) switch won't go on unless that second switch is on either.

    I have a multimeter, so if there's a chance I've not wired up the kitchen double switch correctly, is there a way I can find out which is the true L1 and COM brown wire?

    Any suggestions?
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  • #2
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,747 ✭✭✭meercat


    Swap the 2 wires around in that "second switch"


  • #3
    17larsson
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭17larsson


    It sounds like you have your permanent lives and switch wires mixed up. Put the link across the two L1 terminals


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